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... Some scholars (who have judged on the basis of the external meanings of the hadith) have fallen into doubt looking at the external meaning of those accounts and hadith. They have either denied their truth or else have attributed a nonsensical meaning to them (as if literally describing the impossible), and thus inflict harm (through such metaphysical speculation) on Muslims' faith.
(Kastamonu Addendum, p. 80)
Bediuzzaman has said that analogical or figurative hadith about such entities of the End Times as the Prophet Jesus (as), Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Dajjal need to be explained by having their figurative elements clarified. Otherwise, he says, some supposed scholars ignore these hadiths' figurative meanings and fall into doubt through considering their superficial significance alone or else reject the hadith entirely. Such supposed scholars misinterpret the subject of the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as), and this causes Muslims lacking in sufficient knowledge of the matter to go astray, as well.
The fact is, however, that the Prophet's (saas) hadith on all aspects of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) life are of such a kind as to be accessible to reason and logic. When examined in the light of the information in the Qur'an and other accounts, those accounts on the subject that are figurative or analogical can also be explained in such a way as to leave no doubt as to the coming of the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as).
In the verses of the Qur'an, Muslims are shown how they should interpret such hadith. We are told that people asked about the Prophet (saas), "Why has an angel not been sent down to him'?" (Surat al-An'am, 8) But no angel was ever seen at the Prophet's (saas) head saying, "This person is a prophet."
The same thing applies to Hazrat Mahdi (as). One of the analogical hadith about Hazrat Mahdi (as) is as follows:
"There will be a cloud just above his head. There will be an angel there who will cry out 'This is Hazrat Mahdi (as), follow him'…"
(Abu Nuaym)
A cloud will appear above Hazrat Mahdi's (as) head. An angel will cry out from that cloud: "O People, Allah has chosen the most auspicious of the community of Muhammad as your imam and has sent a caliph (spiritual leader). Make haste to join him. He is in Mecca. He is Hazrat Mahdi (as)."
The cloud mentioned in the hadith is not one that people will be able to see. In the figurative sense, it is a cloud visible to the world of the angels and the djinn. The appearance of such a thing is not beyond the comprehension of angels or djinn. As revealed in other hadith of our Prophet (saas), Hazrat Mahdi (as) is the Mahdi of angels and djinn, as well as of human beings. Allah has sent Hazrat Mahdi (as) as a blessing to three separate worlds. This description is therefore aimed at the world of the djinn, and especially that of the angels. And such a situation is a valid incident for them. When the event described in the hadith takes place and an angel cries out the tidings of Hazrat Mahdi (as), other angels will heed that call, as revealed in other hadith, and will also assist Hazrat Mahdi (as). The hadith of our Prophet (saas) on the subject read:
(Naim ibn Hammad)
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, Ahmad bin Hajar Makki, p.41)
It is therefore most important that these hadith should not be interpreted in terms of their superficial meaning. Because it is clear that what is being referred to here is not "an angel appearing in a cloud and speaking to people, and introducing them Hazrat Mahdi (as)." No such thing has ever happened with our Prophet (saas) or any other prophet. The prophets also have never been one hundred percent certain that they are angels; they have always appeared in the form of beautiful human beings. If such a miracle were to take place, everyone would believe unconditionally, accept Hazrat Mahdi (as) and feel no doubts of any kind. But such a thing is completely opposed to the law of Allah, as revealed in the Qur'an. Because if such a thing were to happen regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as), the "test" created for human beings in this world would be eliminated and that, according the Qur'an, is impossible.
Angels will be invisible to human beings. Angels will help Hazrat Mahdi (as) without being visible to him and, by the will of Allah, will inspire in people's hearts the idea that "This person is Hazrat Mahdi (as)." If, as some people say, angels come down from the sky in a visible form as say "This is Hazrat Mahdi (as). Follow him" and if a hand appears from the cloud and points to Hazrat Mahdi (as), indicating the oath of alegiance should be taken to him and if millions of people witness this but still deny Hazrat Mahdi (as) despite all this clear and incontrovertible evidence, then that means they believe the words of none of the angels. And that is out of the question. The open and explicit conversations of the angels will take place among themselves.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will go to Mecca and there, after he is forced to by people saying "If you refuse, we will strike you on the neck," he will accept their oath of allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqam against his will.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 32)
If there were to be angel beside Hazrat Mahdi (as) visible to everyone and calling them to swear allegiance to him, then Hazrat Mahdi (as) himself would be sure that he is Hazrat Mahdi (as). In that event, there would be no need for people to oblige him to agree that he is Hazrat Mahdi (as). Because if there were to be an angel visible beside him, this would ve evident and incontrovertible evidence and Hazrat Mahdi (as) would not be able to object. And in that event, it would be obligatory for people to swear alegiance to him.
Many scholars from various countries will set out, unknown to one another, in order to seek Hazrat Mahdi (as) and 310 people will accompany each scholar… When they ask one another, "Why have you come here?" they will all answer "We seek Hazrat Mahdi (as), who will prevent this corruption and spiritually capture Constantinople, because we have learned his name, those of his mother and father and of his army.'
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al- Muntadhar, p. 40)
It is revealed in several places in the hadith of our Prophet (saas) that Islamic scholars will set out to seek Hazrat Mahdi (as). If there were to be an angel visible above Hazrat Mahdi's (as) head, everyone would immediately know his identity and location. And there would be no need for Islamic scholars to set out to find Hazrat Mahdi (as).
For that reason, and just as with our Prophet (saas), Hazrat Mahdi (as) must not be expected to appear with characteristics that exceed human powers of comprehension. Like all human beings, Hazrat Mahdi is a servant subject to the law of Allah and to the test. Like all the guides to salvation, Allah has strengthened Hazrat Mahdi (as) both physically and mentally, and made him superior to the great majority of people in terms of faith, moral values, intellect and wisdom. However, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not appear by working miracles as some scholars mistakenly suppose. Muslims will recognize Hazrat Mahdi (as) from the physical features described in the hadith, from his superior qualities, from his being instrumental in Islamic moral values prevailing across the world, from his freeing the world from atheism, materialism and Darwinism, from his performing the prayer (namaz) together with the Prophet Jesus (as), and from the whole world enjoying love, peace, security and happiness, in other words, from Allah assisting him in this blessed duty.
Angels will help Hazrat Mahdi (as) without being visible to him and, by the will of Allah, will inspire in people's hearts the idea that "This person is Hazrat Mahdi (as)."


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Mice and Beans: A Story Within A Story
Lesson 4 of 6
Objective: SWBAT ask and answer questions to analyze why the author wrote one of her stories, Mice and Beans.
Big Idea: We can use our memories and our imagination to write stories. Weaving the fictional with family traditions can result in a humorous tale.
Context and Overview:
The story of Stirring Up Memories by Pam Munoz Ryan is a complex text. One of the standards we need to teach is to have students read more complex text as the year progresses (RI.2.10). This is a complex text because there are different layers of meaning. I am having my students reread the section, Finding An Idea to help them understand why the author wrote her book, Mice and Beans.
Instead of reading the story in the anthology, I am having the students read the story with just the words. The students have a copy of the story and will be highlighting as they search for particular information.
After we finish reading, I will gather the students on the carpet for Socratic Seminar.
Lastly, students will get an opportunity to write about why the author wrote Mice and Beans.
Opening Activity:
On the rug, I start by sharing the objective, "I can ask and answer questions to better understand a text."
Then, I ask the students, why writers write?
I give them 10 seconds of think time, before I ask them to turn to their partner and pair share with each other. Then, students share their ideas. A student shares writers write to inform us. I transcribe their responses on a circle map.
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Today, instead of reading from the anthology, the students have a sheet with the entire autobiography of Stirring Up Memories to reread the section of "Finding an Idea." I want to show how the story looks without the photos, illustrations and captions and give them the opportunity to highlight the details the author provides to describe her grandmother's kitchen--which she used as inspiration to write the story, Mice & Beans.
I am asking students text dependent questions specifically to have them think about why the author was inspired to write Mice & Beans. I stop to analyze a specific paragraph that gets at the heart of what we discussing today.
Some of these questions will also touch upon particular vocabulary words such as memories, familiar, and imagination because they offer glimpses into her grandmother's past. To help them understand these words, we will be using the vocabulary strategy of context clues.
As with previous lessons in this unit, I wrote more questions than I used in the reading of this section. I made sure to use 2-3 questions per page so that I could finish the section. Questions need to meet the objective and keep in mind the engagement of the students. I generally ask the ones that seem to address the potential areas of confusion in the text that may come up.
Socratic Seminar
- What are memories?
- What Are Some of The Author's Favorite Memories?
- Why Does She Write Mice & Beans? (What inspires her?)
To start Socratic Seminar, I review with them the purpose for this process. Then, I proceed to review the rules for participation. I expect all students to pay attention, listen, and be ready to answer if I choose to call on them. I have two charts posted in my room that my students can reference if they need to.
When students are done speaking they invite other students to respond by simply saying, "I hand off to..."
When I feel the students have said all that they need to say about one question, I ask the next question. I am including a document that explains in detail the process of Socratic Seminar in my classroom.
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Independent Writing
Now that I have given my students the opportunity to read and discuss why the author wrote Mice and Beans, I am asking to explain with evidence from the text why the author comes to write Mice and Beans? I am curious to how they will use the evidence in supporting their reasons as to why the author wrote Mice & Beans. Here are some examples of their writing:
•Her Grandmother Liked To Cook
As they write, I walk around and monitor their work and give them support. Some students need direction to start. Others need spelling support, others need to remind them to use proper printing, and others will need redirection with how to find the evidence they need to answer the question.

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Noel wasnt eliminated. Surprise! Noel was eliminated. Surprise!
...in between there was a bunch of b!tching and moaning and some drinking of blood. Four little monkeys are left, who will be voted off tonight?
The guests return from the Elimination Ceremony stunned at Noels departure. Eric says he wasnt expecting it and just doesnt know anymore, shocking the millions of viewers who didnt realize he had ever known before. Nichole says, Its a crapshoot every time, unless you do something really horrifying. Its a crapshoot. Come on Snake Eyes! Jamie confesses that it was the most stressful elimination yet (that is, her eye makeup had a runniness factor of +10%) and that she wasnt prepared for Noel to go. She tells the other that she has a stomachache. Drinking blood will do that to you.
Nichole confesses that she thinks Noel was eliminated because the Alts were led to believe he had an addiction to cold medicine. Nevermind that they were led to believe that by Noel himself (with assists from Loana and the Ancestors at 16:44 in the 3rd. You never want to let in those soft ones in the playoffs. Sorry, Ive got hockey on the brain).
Meanwhile, we see the Alts for the first time (that I can remember, at least) discussing roommate selection. Fiona wants to choose Eric because she wants to spend time with him before the next elimination ceremony. Art thinks that he needs a man-to-man rite of passage, and nominates the much more manly Avocado. TaShia agrees that this may be just what he needs. Fiona, afraid that her boy toy may get eliminated, suggests she have him for one night and Avocado have him the other. Art pounds his fist and questions why shes so adamant about getting one more night in with him (ho-ho!). Fiona assures him that shes not babying him. Yeah, Im sure thats what hes worried about. Unless thats code for something. I mean, I hear some people are into that babying stuff, and this is a haven of alternative lifestyles, so weird fetishes might fit right in.
Fiona says most of what shes done with him is cut him off at the head. That sounds painfully enough like a (modern) primitive man-to-man rite of passage right there, so what is Art complaining about? She says she crucified him and made a space around him to see if hed build himself up, and he did. Avocado says he needs to put him through the fire (now why didnt they think of that for this weeks Witchs Trial? But more on that later). Poor Eric, being beheaded, crucified, and burned at the stake. What are they going to do next, hang the poor guy?
Fiona pouts and drops the subject, and says they can take him this time and she will have him if he survives the next elimination. Agreed, they head to the living room to announce the roommate selections. TaShia, chooses Jamie, Art chooses Nichole, and Avocado chooses Eric, to Fionas grimace of disapproval. Fiona announces that she and Don dont want to spend any time with Loana with the excuse that it would be good for her to spend some time alone. Loana, rightly offended, asks what she means by that. Fiona says Just what I said, time alone but insists that its not punishment. Loana has tears in her eyes, but holds out until shes in the Big-A$$ Throne of Confession to cry and say shes really hurt *sniff* but is just *sniff* going to keep quiet *sniff* because if she *sniff* says anything its just going to come back on her *sniff* and theyre going to think shes done something wrong *sniff* again *sniff* and shes really confused right now *sniff* and is going to go eat worms.
In Avocados room, said Alt is informing Eric that he and Art both cannot have him be the winner if he leaves and goes back to nightclubbing and chasing girls in that way again. Eric tells him that he knows that lack of purpose has been his problem for a long time. In confessional he says that Avocado has taken him under his wing and so hes going to try and say and do the right things and hopefully walk away with a little bit of money in his pocket. Yeah, maybe theyll spring for bus fare or something.
Coming up on Mad Mad House, Fiona has a breakdown, and the guests are sent to the gallows. But first, commercials. Quiznos Mesquite Chicken with Bacon for $2.99. Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm toasty! Whatever happened to the Quiznos freaky-eyed, bowler-hat-wearing, singing hamsters? I bet theyre off filming as hosts of Mad Mad House 2. (We love tha moooon! Cause it is always full! On Mad Mad House! Im a creepy little mouse and I escaped from the lab and Im trying to take over the world Pinky just like we do every night! We like tha moon!!!! Oops, wrong mice).
In the kitchen, Fiona is playing with a snake (not Erics) and informs Jamie and Loana that shed like to do a ritual to reinforce what real witchcraft is, but shes not sure if Loana wants to participate. Hey Fiona, maybe if youd quit with the backhanded invitations shed be more willing! Loana asks what kind of ceremony it is, and Fiona says its more of a gift-giving thing, really. Like Christmas and Santa Clause, I guess; Loana shouldnt have any problem with that. Loana says shed love to be part of it, but would prefer not to have to repeat the casting of spells and stuff (dont worry Loana, last time her spell was a Euro Goth song, this time it will probably just be her grocery list). Fiona tells Loana theyre not becoming witches or anything, and its not denying the role of faith; rather, its about new experiences. Loana tells her she wants to think about it for a little while. Fiona confesses that shes worked very hard to open Loana up, and work on issues of fear and intolerance, but now is exhausted with her. Since shes been so very patient in episodes two through seven and hasnt freaked out on her or insulted her at all. Maybe she needs to take a nap.
Eric says Fiona came outside very upset about Loana, and so he decided to leave a little present on her pillow, a flower and a note, and then runs off to hide and see if she guesses her secret admirer. Fiona enters her bedroom, sees the flower and wonders aloud who left it for her. She knows its for her because the note has a pentagram on it. No, Fiona! Its The Star! Did Eric need to write little To: and For: tags on it? The fact that its on your pillow should be clue enough who the To: is!
Jamie helps Fiona set up for the ritual, and they gossip about who left her the note. Maybe it was the quarterback or that guy with the dreamy eyes in her math class. Jamie thinks it looks like Loanas handwriting. Fiona puts it in the middle of her Witchs Circle and gushes in confessional about how Loana had extended the hand of friendship of her own volition, and that it made her all warm inside. I dont remember the punchline, but the joke is Fiona.
Jamie goes to find Loana to see if shes going to come up to the ritual, and finds her in the yard in deep conversation with Art. He tells her not to let him keep her from anything, but Loana chooses poorly and decides to stay outside rather than attend, but thanks her for checking.
The others gather in Fionas room, and she is a bit disappointed that Loana isnt coming, but says she guesses shes there in spirit since she put the flower on her pillow. Eric gapes in disbelief that she didnt remember their Star. Its like dancing with someone else during your song! Fiona waves around her knife and conjures a circle to be a boundary between the realm of the everyday and the eternal planes and then brak brak braks about being gods and goddesses, with Eric the whole while looking like he just got dumped.


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If you ask most financial advisors about their career aspirations, you would hear talk of big books, high net-worth clients and a reputation for helping people get into that privileged category.
Not so with Dan Dillard. An advisor who caters to clients at the eight branches of the Amplify Federal Credit Union in Austin, Texas, Dillard hopes to eventually become the executive of a media firm that offers training videos for tellers and computer-based video communications for advisors to use with clients. Not that becoming a media tycoon has always been Dillards dream. Its something that just kind of developed out of a perceived need, he says.
Dillard started out well over a decade ago working as a broker with Merrill Lynch in his hometown of Midland, Texas. I was fascinated with finance and growing up, I had always wanted to know about it, he says. In 2001, I decided I needed a new start, so I left Merrill Lynch and moved to Austin. There, in a state capital known for its diverse music, its high-tech industries, and a certain ineffable quality the locals fondly call weirdness, Dillard went to work as a financial advisor with a small broker-dealer that served small credit unions. He later moved to LPL and the Amplify Credit Union.
Amplify had once been the local credit union for employees of the big IBM operation in Austin, but as IBM began moving jobs overseas, the credit union opted to expand outward, opening its membership up to the community, Dillard says. Even today, though, he says most of Amplifys membersand most of his clients at Amplify Financial, the credit unions investment armare engineers who work for IBM or one of the many other high-tech firms in the metro area.
Whats it like having engineers as clients? Dillard laughs. Back in Midland, we just hated it whenever an engineer walked in the door. They would make you work! They read the prospectuses and they made you answer all kinds of questions. But what I discovered since coming to Amplify is that once youve read the prospectuses and answered their questions, they are really good clients, because they own the decisions you help them to make. They tend to make their own decisions along with you, so theres no, You did this! or You didnt do that!
He adds, Ive never before worked in a place where the clients come in with their own hard drives. These guys come in with spread sheets about their whole lives. I have to tell them that three years worth is just fine. And theyre typically really good savers too. For most of them, the question now is how to spend down their savings and not outlive their money.
His approach is pretty conservative. He explains, Engineers tend to be conservative by nature, and I am too. Most of my clients are 45-70, and especially heading into retirement, we look at annuities, REITs and bonds so they have some liquidity and some security.
The interest in video production came as a result of Dillards approach to building up his client base. When I got here to Amplify, my core plan for developing my book was education, he says. In dealing with a group of highly intelligent individuals, I deliberately decided not to use a sales approach. Instead, I began with classesfirst on a once-a-quarter basis and then more frequently. He took on the self-assigned role of key educator at the credit union, both for members and for staff. Soon he was also being invited to IBM and other companies to give classes. So I developed a five-part series on how to work with a financial planner, he recalls.
Later, he developed a half-day series called Financial Boot Camp. He says, It is A-Z: putting your documents together, having an emergency fund, asset allocation, challenges of retirement, estate planning, etc. (A $25 door fee is charged, which is then donated to charity.
With the success of this approach, which saw his assets under management grow from an inherited $10 million book to over $75 million today, he started formalizing the process, planning programs a year in advance. Most of my clientsprobably about 90%have come from these classes. He added that its a good thing, too, because until recently, with the arrival of a new vice president at the credit union, referrals had been challenging because of management turnover.
Gradually, he says he began putting his training classes on video. Three years ago, when markets were tumbling, he recalls, I was thinking how hard it is to get messages out to clients. There was just email and phone calls, and when you have markets falling hundreds of points in a day, it just takes too long. So that sparked the idea of a videocast. And with that, Vidcast Media was born.
Check out part-2 of this profile and learn more about Vidcast and its success, Advisor Goes Straight To Video To Reach Clients
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text: >Number: 38309 >Category: port-vax >Synopsis: vax has MD ddb commands w/o help >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: port-vax-maintainer >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: net >Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 26 10:35:01 +0000 2008 >Originator: Martin Husemann >Release: NetBSD 4.99.58 >Organization: The NetBSD Foundation >Environment: System: NetBSD sunny-weather.duskware.de 4.99.58 NetBSD 4.99.58 (SUNNY) #74: Tue Mar 25 13:49:05 CET 2008 martin%night-porter.duskware.de@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/SUNNY sparc64 Architecture: sparc64 Machine: sparc64 >Description: vax has "mach" ddb commands that have no help for options DDB_VERBOSE_HELP. >How-To-Repeat: code inspection >Fix: Help is very easy to add once you know what the "mach" commands actually do. Examples can be found in sparc64 or sh3 db_interface.c. While checking these commands, please also verify the ddb(4) manual page is correct.


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It is the average value of a current that is allowed to flow through a thyristor in the forward direction under specified temperature, current waveform and frequency conditions and is the average value in one cycle. Generally, it is the value when a single-phase half wave of 180° is allowed to flow at a commercial frequency of 50/60 Hz. Therefore, the triac does not have this rating.
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Fairness itself can be either procedural or substantive. [153] These often intersect, however, and the distinction is not strictly adhered to in practice. [154] This is especially true in a precontractual sense, where unfairness during the process of concluding a contract, such as unfair pressure or parallel negotiation, might also provide the substantive basis for an independent precontractual cause of action.
Yet the characterization of the clash between fairness versus certainty and efficiency is overly simplistic. It fails to recognize that efficiencies could arise from fairness itself -- for example, from the fostering of long-term relations between trading partners. It also fails to recognize that it is necessary to specify the point at which the costs and benefits are being assessed along the transaction timeline in order to get an accurate picture of how the trade-off works.
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In the present context, there is a further relevant time for assessment -- the predrafting negotiation stage. Knowledge that some precontractual protections exist could encourage and expedite trade by giving parties reassurance that, under some circumstances, investments can be recouped despite the failure to reach a contractual agreement. Negotiation costs might also be decreased if it is known that the law will adequately fill any gaps and facilitate formation.
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The following is an extract from the General Introduction to the New Oxford Shakespeare , and looks at the many different playwrights, actors, and poets that collaborated with Shakespeare.
When we read Shakespeare's Complete Works we are primarily, of course, reading Shakespeare. But as a bonus we also get, in the same volume, an excellent anthology of most of the important playwrights who were his collaborators. Shakespeare collaborated for the same reason that most people do: different members of the team are especially good at different tasks. The poet Alexander Pope, who edited Shakespeare's plays in 1725, had no idea that Fletcher had wrote parts of All Is True , but we now know that the four passages he singled out as particular 'beauties', worthy of special attention, were all written by John Fletcher.
Shakespeare's conversations with other writers and artists, the interweaving of his creativity with theirs, began in his own lifetime. His last three plays were all co-written with Fletcher – who, in all three, seems to have written more of the surviving text than Shakespeare. But Fletcher also wrote The Tamer Tamed, a sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew, in which we learn that Kate was never successfully tamed, and Petruccio's second wife tames him; we know the two plays were performed together at court in 1633, and perhaps much earlier. Ben Jonson's Sejanus was clearly a response to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, but it also seems likely that the lost version of Sejanus performed by the King's Men was a collaboration between the two men, just as Shakespeare's 'Let the bird of loudest lay' was originally printed in a small collection of commissioned poems by several poets, including Jonson. Thomas Middleton, 'our other Shakespeare', was Shakespeare's junior collaborator on Timon of Athens, but he also seems to have adapted four of Shakespeare's plays between 1616 and 1623 ( Titus Andronicus, Measure for Measure, All's Well that Ends Well, and Macbeth ). Middleton began the long historical tradition of adapting Shakespeare's work to make it more suitable, and more interesting, for later audiences. But Middleton also wrote a reply, The Ghost of Lucrece, to Shakespeare's Lucrece ; an early owner bound the two poems together in a single volume.
Shakespeare was, and is, bound to many kinds of artist, not just poets and playwrights. In the last two decades of his career he was legally bound together with the other 'sharers' of a joint-stock company of actors. This means that Shakespeare created his characters for individual actors who would collaborate with him in performing the play. In fact, each actor received a separate manuscript, called a 'part', containing only the speeches of the character he was going to create, and a few words of his cues. From the beginning, each actor 'owned' his character.
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The patient's consecutive blood and urine cadmium concentrations
Normal blood and urine cadmium concentration: 0.2–6.0 ng/ml.
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Normal blood and urine cadmium concentration: 0.2–6.0 ng/ml.
After being stabilized on the second day, he was transferred to the medical ward. Diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain subsided, but weakness and myalgias persisted. On hospital day 3, laboratory studies showed serum chloride 111 mEq/l, sodium 144 mEq/l, potassium 4.2 mEq/l and thrombocytopenia (platelet count of 77 000/mm 3 ). On day 7, his platelet count returned to the normal range. Consecutive blood and urine cadmium concentrations were measured. Blood cadmium concentrations on days 2, 3, 4 and 7 post-exposure were 15.1, 7.4, 3.3 and 0.2 ng/ml, respectively, and urine cadmium concentrations 8.4, 5.6, 0.4 and 0.2 ng/ml.
Cadmium is a severe pulmonary and gastrointestinal irritant, which can be fatal if inhaled or ingested. Acute cadmium poisoning causes gastrointestinal tract erosion, pulmonary, hepatic or renal injury and coma, depending on the route of poisoning [ 7 , 8 ]. After acute ingestion, symptoms usually appear in 15–30 min. These include: abdominal pain, burning sensation, nausea, vomiting, salivation, muscle cramps, vertigo, shock, loss of consciousness and convulsions. Our case had vomiting, diarrhoea, anorexia and drowsiness after ingesting cadmium-containing chemicals. Acute ingestion of as little as 10 mg of inorganic cadmium has caused severe symptoms. Ingestion of >100 mg of its soluble salts can be lethal [ 7 ]. Our patient was estimated to have taken ∼1 g of inorganic cadmium, which is a lethal dose. Given the clinical course and the elevated blood and urine cadmium levels, it is all but certain that this patient's symptoms were related to acute cadmium poisoning.
Our case is unique due to the combination of cadmium and barium. We are unsure how much cadmium and barium our patient took, but a blood level of 24.9 mEq/l is a marked elevation, and is consistent with excessive cadmium salt ingestion. Blood cadmium levels are a reflection of acute cadmium exposure; urine levels appear to provide a better measure of chronic exposure [ 9 ]. Serum cadmium levels will help confirm the diagnosis, but do not correlate with the severity of intoxication. Many of our patient's symptoms could also be ascribed to barium poisoning (gastro-enteritis and paralysis). Physicians are familiar with barium in its inert and insoluble form as a contrast medium, barium sulfate. While barium sulfate is not absorbed systemically, other water-soluble barium salts (carbonate, chloride, sulfide and nitrate) can be absorbed and cause barium poisoning [ 10 ]. Barium stearate, the presumed culprit in our case, is a water-soluble barium salt and can cause acute poisoning. The serum barium concentration of 34.1 μg/day could have contributed to our patient's clinical manifestation; however, serum barium assays are not routinely available in hospital laboratories, and do not contribute to the management of this poisoning.
In my PhD research I am investigating the nature of archives access systems and the enabling technologies and practices that can be used to improve these.
I am currently in the process of establishing the scope and context for my investigation. This requires that a number of key concepts are defined so that I am using terminology that is internally consistent within the research, to properly identify the nature and characteristics of the entities which are under investigation and to facilitate the communication of research results to archival professionals as well as laypersons (i.e. users of archives access systems and personal digital archives).
One of the more critical definitions is for the actual objects that are made available via archives access systems. I am referring to these as ' archival materials .' As I explain below, I've chosen to move away from some of the more traditional definitions for records and archives to establish a practical, access-based definition for ' archival materials ' that better reflects the reality of the types of information objects that are being made available via archives access systems today and into the foreseeable future.
Archival materials are information objects that serve as evidence of past events. They record information about past activities and act as memory aids that allow its users to recall and relive them or to re-communicate information about those events at some point in the future.
The term event is used broadly to mean any type of activity or occurrence that could range from a single transaction (e.g. the purchase of a magazine at a bookstore) to any number of inter-related acts (e.g. all the steps involved in ordering, paying, packaging and shipping magazines to a bookstore). It may include a grand and long event such as a war, an election or an opera performance. It can include structured events such as a purchase invoicing procedure, a driver's license application or a school exam. It may also include unstructured, isolated acts such as a spontaneous dance move or the unsolicited expression of an abstract idea.
Archival materials are the basis for organizational knowledge, legal evidence, historical research, as well as personal and collective memory. Archival materials can include a spreadsheet illustrating monthly sales, a contract that is introduced in a court proceeding, the correspondence of a famous author, family photograph albums, or an audio recording of a someone's first violin recital. Other common terms in the English language that are used for archival materials include historical documents , archives , or records . [ 1 ]


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April 27-30, 2014 Bakersfield, California
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Pacific Section SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Pacific Coast Section Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Special Session of the Pacific Section SEPM:
"Cenozoic Geologic History of Southern California – Dedicated to the Memory of A. Eugene Fritsche"
Organizers & Session Co-chairs:
|Tony Reid
Occidental of Elk Hills
Bakersfield, California
|Mario V. Caputo
Department of Geological Sciences
San Diego State University &
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As most of the Cotton Belt prepares to cut cotton acreage this year, growers in the High Plains could add as much as a 500,000 acres to 2007 plantings.
Steve Verett, executive vice president, Plains Cotton Growers Inc., in Lubbock, expects growers in zones 1S and 1N (the Southern High Plains and the Northern High Plains, including 39 counties) to plant around 3.50 million acres this year. That's up from 3.19 million last year, but short of the 3.9 million in 2006.
And that figure could change as the High Plains wheat crop moves into early spring. Much of the Southwest wheat acreage is in poor condition, hurt by severe drought that stretches from early fall into mid-winter.
"If much of that acreage is abandoned, farmers may plant cotton," Verett says.
"Wheat and weather are still factors. Even irrigated wheat does not look good."
He says a lot of farmers planted wheat behind last year's cotton. "If they don't get a rain quickly, they may abandon those wheat acres. We have a real question with wheat acreage. If we remain dry into mid-April, but receive spring rains, a lot of farmers may plant abandoned wheat to cotton. A lot of planting decisions will be made at the last minute.
"Fortunately, cotton, unlike some other commodities, will have an adequate seed supply for 2008. Nationally, cotton acreage will be down significantly."
He says the National Cotton Council estimates plantings at 9.3 million acres, down from 10.5 last year. Some observers expect Mid-South farmers to back away from corn and follow fall-planted wheat with double-crop soybeans.
Farmers in the Texas Northern Panhandle may switch some acres back to cotton and away from corn, Verett says. "They will not abandon corn but high fertilizer prices and expense of irrigation will push some fields to cotton. They will not plant as much cotton as they did in 2006."
He says a few growers will add peanuts to a cotton rotation, taking advantage of favorable peanut contracts this year. "But farmers with investments in cotton equipment and infrastructure will plant cotton."
One factor favoring cotton in the High Plains is the improving cotton market. "We have a good opportunity to contract cotton," Verett says. In late February, December futures prices hit 82 cents a pound.
"If we come into May and still see futures prices at 80 cents to 85 cents a pound, we'll have a good opportunity to lock in cotton prices at around 75 cents a pound. With that opportunity, we'll plant cotton."
But farmers will need 75 cents to make money, he says. "This will be one of the most expensive cotton crops we'll ever make. Farmers seem cautiously optimistic. We are excited about the price prospects but everything we use to grow the crop is also up."
He says the price of anhydrous nitrogen is around $700 a ton. Seed costs are also up. "By the time I pay for seed, technology fees and seed treatments, I have about $70 per acre. And when I add a yellow herbicide and fertilizer it is very expensive just to put the crop in the ground. It takes about 75 cents a pound to justify an average yield."
Verett says the PCG area has been "blessed" the last few years. "The 2005 and 2007 crops were excellent, and we made a good irrigated crop in 2006. But bankers will not approve a budget based on exceptional yields. We've made good cotton for the past four or five years so folks may need to take a longer view."
Even with high costs, Verett says cotton farmers are excited about the prospects. "This year growers have an opportunity to get most of their income from the marketplace instead of having to rely on support payments. That's the way they like it."
He said growers will be cautious of expenses. "Most will wait to fertilize after seeing the progress of the crop. We don't have a lot of variable rate fertilization equipment in the area, but if prices of inputs stay up, folks will look at variable rate technology as a way of saving on fertilizer inputs. Growers will have to be on top of every bit of input and get the most bang for the buck."
Verett says some gins will be running the 2007 crop into April, but says even the late cotton being ginned has held up with exceptional quality. Staple and leaf grades have been good.
"We've seen a lot of improvements in West Texas cotton quality over the past few years."
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Author Notes: My friend Sara is a great cook, and she's forever amazing me with her deftness at making something transcendent out of a few simple ingredients. She doesn't tend to favor elaborate, cloying desserts -- more than once she's ended a dinner party with a plate of her homemade "granola bars." They're chewy and rich, a jumble of nuts, cereal, seeds and dried fruit barely held together with almond butter and honey (no baking involved). She's not shy with the salt, which I think really sets these bars apart. Last week, she shared the recipe with me, and now I'm sharing it with you. These are great to have around, as a dessert or a snack. —Merrill Stubbs
Makes: about 30 2-inch bars
1 1/2
cups old fashioned rolled oats
cup raw sunflower seeds
cup raw sliced almonds
cup raw pumpkin seeds
cups brown rice crispies (you can substitute regular rice crispies or puffed rice)
cup dried apricots, sliced thinly
cup dried cranberries
cup almond butter
cup honey
tablespoon sea salt
teaspoons cinnamon
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Toast the oats, sunflower seeds, almonds, pumpkin seeds. (Sara recommends toasting them all separately because of different burn rates -- I found that the pumpkin seeds took the least amount of time, at 7 minutes, and the sunflower seeds the most, at about 15 minutes.)
- When all the items are sufficiently toasted, toss them with the brown rice crispies, sliced apricot and cranberries in a large bowl.
- In a small saucepan, heat the almond butter and honey just to get melty, not cooked. (This is your glue and if it boils or even comes close, it gets hard and yucky.) Stir in the salt and cinnamon, then pour over the oat and nut mixture and stir. You want to get everything incorporated and 'glued' together without crushing the tender crispies.
- Turn into a 9x13 baking dish lined with parchment and press the mixture evenly and firmly -- again, try not crush the crispies too much. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours. Cut into 2-inch squares before serving.
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BOSTON – As 3 o'clock neared on Monday afternoon, officials at Brigham and Women's Hospital, one of Boston's premier medical centers, expected this year's marathon would be a nonevent.
"We were winding down," said Barry Wante, the hospital's emergency management director.
Then, the hospital's radios suddenly crackled with reports from the finish line. Within minutes, the first ambulances arrived, and the emergency department, like others across the city, was flooded with critically wounded runners and spectators, some with missing and shredded limbs, many bleeding profusely.
"It was a horrible scene," said Dr. Michael Zinner, the chief surgeon at Brigham and Women's.
Authorities said Tuesday that 176 people were injured in the two back-to-back blasts.
On another day, in another city, Monday's bombings may have overwhelmed local hospitals.
But Boston was fortunate to have six high-level trauma centers, including one for children, within a mile and a half of the bomb sites. All of the hospitals had extra staff on hand for the marathon. Several surgeons on duty had worked in military hospitals in Iraq or Afghanistan.
At the same time, health care workers, police officers, firefighters and other emergency officials had spent years training for just such an emergency, a legacy of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. That experience proved critical in distributing casualties equally among hospitals.
"Everyone knew what we had to do," said Dr. Stephen K. Epstein, an emergency physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
But emergency physicians and surgeons said Tuesday that no amount of practice could replicate the reality of treating so many casualties.
"We have seen our fair share of young people missing an arm or leg from an accident," said Dr. Andrew Ulrich, vice chairman of emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center, the city's public hospital.
"But the scale of this was completely different. ... And there is something about the nature of the attack, the fact that someone set out to hurt people, that makes this more difficult emotionally."
At Massachusetts General Hospital, doctors confronted multiple patients in need of amputations.
Amputating a leg can be one of the toughest decisions a surgeon faces, said Dr. George Velmahos, the hospital's chief trauma surgeon. In this case, though, the decision was already made, he said.
"We just finished the job the bomb did. Their limbs were completely mangled, some hanging by a shred," he said. "There was no question whether these limbs would remain alive."
Dozens of people remained hospitalized Tuesday night, many in critical condition, some facing more surgeries as doctors try to save badly damaged limbs and prevent infections, a persistent threat in blast wounds that lodge debris in victims' bodies.
At least five people's limbs were amputated, with one at Mass General at risk of losing his other leg. Most victims suffered leg injuries. One patient at Brigham and Women's had a severe head injury.
But the casualties could have been worse had emergency responders and hospitals not reacted so quickly, officials said. That allowed the most critically ill patients to move rapidly from the bombing sites through emergency departments into surgery.


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Holly Shimizu, Executive Director of the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) in Washington, D.C., lives a plant lover's dream. She has worked in world-famous gardens, including a year at Wisley, the Royal Horticultural Society's garden in England. "I lived on the grounds near a huge, walled fragrant garden," she recalls. Her passion for plants and nature started at a young age in her grandfather's Rhode Island garden, "harvesting vegetables and devouring parsley." Like many high school seniors, she didn't know what she wanted to do. Then her mother suggested a horticulture program. "When it hit me that it was something I could do as a career," says Holly, "I realized that this is what I had a passion for."
She had been leaning towards specializing in food production, until summer internships at Longwood Gardens sparked her interest in public gardening. Wanting to travel, she wrote letters to gardens in other countries and landed a position at The Hillier Arboretum in England. "I lived in a house in the middle of the Arboretum and was exposed to this fabulous horticultural collection. It was idyllic, and I didn't want to come back."
She worked in public gardens and nurseries in Holland, Germany, and Belgium for several years before returning to the U.S. Back in the States, Holly spent eight years as curator of the National Herb Garden at the U.S. National Arboretum, was Public Programs Officer of the USBG for six years and then Assistant Executive Director for two years. She served as Managing Director of the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA, for four years before returning to the USBG as Executive Director in November, 2000.
Gardeners probably know Holly as a correspondent on "The Victory Garden," the PBS television show, which she has work on for the last 12 years. "I like to share stories that have a message," she comments.
One that stands out in her memory involved a Nantucket writer and teacher who had stopped working after her daughter committed suicide. "Something made her pick up a spade and start digging," relates Holly, "and with the smell of newly turned earth, she felt her life returning." Although she had no gardening experience, she became invigorated by it, creating a warm and welcoming garden, and eventually resuming her writing and teaching. "It was such an amazing story of healing and human success," recalls Holly.
In her own landscape, Holly enjoys what she terms "useful" plants ? those that are edible, fragrant, colorful, or provide habitat for birds and butterflies. She encourages people to weave plants with multiple purposes into their landscapes. "Plant a crab apple that has wonderful fruit, not just flowers," she suggests. She uses organically grown heritage roses not only for fragrant bouquets but also to make rose water, and rose petal sandwiches. "Spread sweetened cream cheese on thin white bread and then layer the rose petals on top," she explains. "They have a wonderful flavor."
Holly has great interest in reaching out to children to stimulate their imaginations and help them connect with the growing world. "I believe that our real hope is in bringing kids together with the natural world so that they learn to love it," she comments. To promote that goal, a children's garden is in progress at the USBG, with an anticipated opening this summer. An outdoor courtyard surrounded by greenhouses will provide a place for play and classes. Kid-friendly features will include a bamboo maze, a wattle tunnel, and a second-story jungle (reached by stairs) populated by tree frogs and iguanas. Plants will pique interest with fragrance, texture, and other tantalizing features.
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Other new USBG projects include the building of an Environmental Learning Center, which will provide a state-of-the-art teaching space for public outreach; and a Showcase Garden featuring plants native to the mid-Atlantic region. There is also an area slated for contemplation, to provide stressed-out visitors a serene environment to connect with nature. "We want to inspire people to realize the diversity of plants and how important they are to our culture," explains Holly. "It's an exciting time to be at the Garden."
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Feeding Birds All Winter Long
The return of snow and cold weather can be tough on people, but it's also tough for wildlife, especially birds. Not all birds migrate south for winter, and instead have other ways of coping. Birds survive by taking shelter in bushes, trees, decks and anywhere that can protect them from the snow and wind. Some birds even store food and come back to get it when the weather is rough and food is scarce.
In the winter, birds in your backyard need to eat more in order to stay alive because their bodies' metabolism speeds up to create heat. The smaller the bird, the more it needs to eat. You can help by feeding birds when the weather is cold.
A good practice is to plan in the fall, since this is when birds start to scout places to find food when winter hits. Begin to stock up on food and find bird feeders, if you don't already have them. The best feeders have covered perches to protect birds from the elements. If you do set out bird feeders, make sure they are constantly full. Birds will begin to expect food in your feeders and rely on it to survive. Fruit, thistle seed and black-oil sunflower seeds are great food options for most birds.
Water is also very important in the winter. Birds can store water for a long time, but not long enough to last the entire season. You might consider a heated birdbath to support your feathered friends.
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Most U.S. CPAs Support Giving U.S. Public Companies Option to Adopt IFRS, Survey Finds
Accounting profession continues to take wait-and-see approach on International Financial Reporting Standards
October 18, 2011
Phoenix (Oct. 18) -- A majority of CPAs support optional adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the emerging set of globally accepted accounting rules, according to a recent survey by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Optional adoption would let publicly traded U.S companies use IFRS while the Securities and Exchange Commission decides whether to incorporate the standards into U.S. reporting requirements. The choice also would apply during the implementation phase, if the SEC accepts the standards.
Support for IFRS remains high among AICPA members. But the survey found that, in the absence of a clear regulatory timetable, U.S. firms and organizations continue to delay planning and preparation for the global standards.
"It's clear the profession is looking for more guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission," said Susan Coffey, AICPA senior vice president, public practice and global alliances. "But whether or not the SEC decides to incorporate IFRS into the U.S. financial reporting system through an endorsement approach, CPAs support giving U.S. issuers an option to adopt IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board."
The SEC continues to execute a work plan, published in 2010, to help frame a determination as to whether, when, and how the current financial reporting system for U.S. issuers should be transitioned to a system incorporating IFRS. Some 120 countries either use or permit the standards, which would streamline financial reporting for companies with international interests and provide more clarity for global investors.
Among other findings of AICPA's latest IFRS Readiness Survey:
• Almost 54 percent of members support optional adoption of IFRS standards, in line with an AICPA recommendation this August. Only 18 percent said the SEC should not allow an option to use IFRS, while the rest were unsure. This was the first time this question was asked on the survey.
• Some 44 percent of respondents said they were delaying IFRS preparations until an SEC decision is reached.
• Some 36 percent of survey takers said they were aware of the concept of "condorsement," outlined in the SEC's staff paper in May on potential adoption of IFRS, an improvement over the 16 percent who answered that way in the last survey this spring. The term "condorsement" refers to a hybrid approach of endorsement and convergence on a standard by standard basis.
The IFRS Readiness Survey was conducted via Internet poll between September 7 and September 27 with 1,241 respondents and a margin of error of less than plus-or-minus 3 percentage points. The survey shows that 79 percent of CPAs already have at least basic knowledge of IFRS, a level that has remained virtually unchanged since May 2010. The level of familiarity ranges from rudimentary understanding of high-level concepts to sufficient expertise to train others.
The IFRS tracking survey results were announced at the AICPA's fall meeting of its governing Council. More information on IFRS is available on the AICPA's Web site http://www.IFRS.com.